The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.

CATTLE.-The receipts We're $50 head.
The demand was moderate, Northern
selling at to SIC and fancy a. to tic per
pound.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-The receipts were
1896 head. The demand was good at 3 to
5fc for sheep and 81 to 63c for lambs.
SwISE.-The receipts were 10 430 head
The demand was fair, Northern dressed
selling at Il to &c and Western live at st
to 61c per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETC.-We quote hides at
to 7Ic per h. calf-skins at to 10c per ID,
dairy skins at % to soc each, lamb-skins
at S100 to S1.3j each, shearlings at % to SOC
each, Brighton tallow at % to &c and coun-
try at u to &c per Id.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
EGGs.-The demand is moderate and
prices are in buyers favor. We quote ex-
ira Vermont and New York at 49, to 19c
and choice Western at 1Sc per dozen.
BEANs.-Prices are unchanged. Choice
hand-picked Pea sell at S1.70 to S1.75, yell
low Eyes at S1.50 to S1.55, do screened al
S1.25 to SLAB and Red Kidneys at S1.70 to
S1.75 per bushel.
PoTAToEs.-The market has been in mod
erately good condition. Early Rose sell at
80 to zoe, Beauty of Hebrons at 50 to CSC,
Burbank Seedlings at 80 to Doc and Prolitcs
at 50 to 5Sc per bushel.
ton. 1t is not active, but there is
steady moderate business doing, with
prices materially the same. Extra Yer
mont sells at 13l to 14c, good to choice at II
to 13c, common at o to lie and extra sage
at lac per pound.
HAY AND STRAw.-The receipts have con-
tinued large, and under dull demand
stocks have accumulated somewhat. Prices
are fairly steady. We quote choice
prime hay at $500 to $500, fair to
good at $1,000 to ST. 90 and poor at $1,000 to
$3.50. Rye straw sells at S16.0O to S17.0
and oat at IS to 50 per ton.
BUTTER.--The market is much stronger in
feeling than last week. To be sure it is still
dull, but is not so unsettled Buyers, while
showing more confidence in the situation,
are not buying freely, and sales are confined
to small lots. Extra Northern creamery
sells at "a to 25c extra Western cream
cry at % to 2Sc, choice do at Is to
Die, the finest Franklin county dairy
at % to 27c, good to choice do at % to
24c, extra Vermont at % to &c, choice
Northern dairy at III to pc and fair to good
do at Ii to dc per pound.
BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLoUR.-There are no encouraging fea-
lures to note. Trade is dull. Fine sells at
1925 to $3.50, superfine at S2,65 TO $3.50.
common extras at 1926 to $40, Michigan
roller at $3.50 to S4.60 and Minnesota spring
patents az sofa 10 So.oO per barrel.
GRAIN. Trade in general is quiet Prices
for corn are fairly well held, but so firmly
as shorts. Corn sells at 30 to 52c and
oats at 37l to 42c per bushel, as to quality.
Winter wheat bran brings S17.75 to
$500 spring wheat bran S17,25 to $3.50,
middlings S17,95 to $1,000 and cotton-seed
meal S24 80 per ton
THE WOOL MARKET,
THE market has ruled dull and weak,
with but little demand at quotations
Manufacturers have not been taking even
fair amount of orders. and their pur-
chases are correspondngly light Ohio
Xxx sells at "a to 35c, Ohio X at 32l
to 331c, Michigan No. 1 at 81 TO 3Sc, Cali
forna spring at % to PC, Eastern Ore
gon at II to 19c, Maine supers at AZ to
Acc and extra Western supers at 30 to Doc
per pound.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
THERE has been quiet market for East
ern lumber during the past week. The I'M
settled weather has been unfavorable to
trade and the prices are nominally I'M
changed. There is a little easier feeling in
dimension spruce as the mills have been
saving and stock has piled up, owing to the
lack of demand Rough hemlock boards
sell at $1,000 to 5000 and planed do
at S11.00 to $500 the best clear spruce
floor boards at $3.50 to $500, coarse at
$500 and refuse at $500 to $500; one-inch